Seam presser



N. V. NULL ET Jan. 8, 1952 SEAM PRESSER Filed Sept. 3, 1949 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 4 0/7774 0/71 Zmvcntors flay/2 1. 7/70/7050 rm (lttornegs Jan. 8, 1952 v, NULL AL 2,582,151

SEAM PRESSER Filed Sept. 5, 1949 2 SHEETS-'--SI-1EET 2 4 0/7770 and 3nnentors (Itfomeg;

Patented Jan. 8, 1952 SEAM PRESSE R Norman V. Null and Hugh L. Thompson, Waco, Tex.

Application September 3, 1949, Serial No. 113,924

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for supporting garments when pressing open the seams thereof and has for its principal object to providea device of this character which simplifies and reduces the number of operations required in opening of-the seams.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a pair of bucks over which the legs of a pair of trousers are adapted to be sleeved and which are mounted on an oscillatory head for bringing the inner and outer seams of the pants legs into position without readjusting the legs on the bucks; and to provide a device that is of simple and inexpensive construction and which is easily operated.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, we have provided improved structure, the preferred form of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a device con structed in accordance with the present invention and which is particularly adapted for facilitating opening of the inner and outer seams in the legs of trousers.

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of the device. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the head of the device, the head support being shown in section, the section being taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is a side elevtational view of the device. Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary end elevational view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the head in its other position.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

1 designates a device constructed in accordance with the present invention and which includes a stand or support 2 having a base 3. The base 3 includes a transverse angle 4 having one flange 5 adapted to contact the floor or other support and the other flange 6 extends vertically as shown in Fig. 1. The base also includes arms 1 and 8 having ends fixed to the ends of the flange 6 and which extend laterally therefrom. Extending upwardly from substantially the midpoint of the flange 6 of the transverse angle 4 is a post 9 carrying a disk-shaped head It on its upper end that is braced from the outer ends of the arms 1 and 8 by braces II and I2. The head It carries a horizontally disposed hub or bearing 13 having an axial bore It extending therethrough to mount a bearing sleeve I5 therein. Rotatable within the bearing sleeve I5 is a shaft l6 having ends projecting therefrom to mount a cross head I! on the side of the disk It opposite the bearing hub I3 and an actuating lever l8 on the hub side as best shown in Figure 3. A collar I9 is fixed on the shaft to prevent longitudinal movement of the shaft and retain the cross head in proper rotating position, the collar engaging the outer end of the hub l3.

Fixed to and extending laterally from the respective ends of the cross head ll are arms 29 and 2| carrying suitable paddin to provide pressing bucks 22 and 23. The pressing bucks are of like construction and each includes pressing faces 24 and 25 on opposite sides thereof and normally located in substantially parallel horizontal planes. The pressing bucks are arranged on the cross head so that, in pressing position, one of them is located to the rear and above the axis of the shaft and the other to the front and below the shaft as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The pressing bucks are of sufiicient size and length to receive tubular portions of a garment, for example the legs of a pair of trousers, so that the outer side seam of one leg can be located along the pressing face 24 of the upper and rearmost buck while the inside seam of the other leg can be arranged along the upper presslllg face of the lower and foremost buck when the bucks are in pressing position as shown in Fig. l.

The arms supporting the bucks may be of any suitable construction but are here shown as comprising bars 26 of substantially rectangular cross section and which have their rear ends secured etween plates 2? and 28, that are suitably secured to the ends of the cross head, as for example, by welding. The plates have tongue like extensions that extend along the side of the bars 25 and are secured thereto by fastening devices such as screws 30 as best shown in Fig. 5. The ends of the cross head projects slightly beyond the circumference of the disk It! as shown in Fig. 2 to mount lugs 3i and 32 that extend over the periphery of the disk It opposite side faces 33 and 3d of a stop lug 35 that projects from the periphery of the disk Hi to stop and support the cross head in the respective pressing positions of the pressing bucks. For example, when the lug 3| is engaging the side face 33 of the stop lug 3", the pressing buck 22 is to the rear and above the horizontal axis of oscillation and when the lug 32 is engaging the face 34 of the lugs 35, the pressing buck 23 is in the upper rearmost position, so that the pressin faces 25 of the bucks are brought into an upper position. The cross head El may be oscillated to move the bucks into and out of their respective pressing positions by any suitable means, such as a 42 and are adapted to be respectively secured to the flange 5 of the frame and to the floor as shown in Fig. 1. The rock shaft 40 projects through the bearing bracket 4! and terminates in a crank arm 43 which is pivotally connected with a link 44 as indicated at 4-5. The opposite end of the link is connected by a pivot 48 with an arm 6'! of the lever l8 previously mentioned. The pressing buck head is oscillated in the opposite direction by a coil spring 48 having one end 48 hooked to a cross bar 49 that is attached to the braces II and I2 previously described. The opposite end 50 of the spring is hooked to a pin 50' that is carried by an oppositely directed arm 5| of the lever 18 as shown in Fig. 2.

When using the device constructed and assembled as described, the trousers C are turned in.- side out and the leg seamed, e, f; and g, are ex posed so that the leg portions A and B. are merely sleeved over the pressing bucks, with the outside seam c5 of leg A extending along the face 2' of the upper rearmost buck and the inside seam e of the other leg B lies along the corresponding pressing face of the lower foremost buck. Apressing iron is then moved along the seams d and e to effect opening thereof after which the foot of the operator is placed on the treadle to actuate the rock shaft 43; This movement of the rock shaft rotates the end 47 of the lever 18 downward, through the link connection 44 with enough force to pull it through 90 thus reversing the action of the spring on the end 5! of lever l8. Thereupon, the spring continues the rotation of the cross head I! until the lug 32 strikes the stop lug 35 as shown in Fig. 2. This movement rotates the trousers C and reverses the position of the pressing bucks so that the other side seams f and g, of the trouser legs A and B are in position to extend along the opposite faces of the bucks to permit opening thereof by the pressing iron. After opening of the last of the seams, the trousers are then withdrawn from the pressing buck to permit application of another garment.

From the foregoing it is obvious that we have provided a device for opening seams of garments that is of simple construction and which effectively supports the seams while they are being opened with a pressing iron. It is also obvious that the machine simplifies and reduces the number of operations required in opening of the seams, since the garment is automatically positioned to bring the respective seams into pressll'lg positions.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A machine for pressing open inner and outer leg seams of a pair of trousers or similar garment including, a support, an oscillatory head, means for mounting the oscillatory head on the support for movement about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation, a pair of pressing bucks for sleeving thereover the respective leg portions of the trousers, each of said pressing bucks having pressing faces on opposite sides thereof adapted to back the respective outer and inner seams of said legs, means mounting the pressing bucks on said head in substantially spaced apart parallel relation with the pressing faces on common sides of the respective bucks located in spaced parallel planes on opposite sides of theaxis of rotation of said head, and means for effecting. oscillation of said head to bring: simultaneously the common facesof the pair of pressing bucks alternately uppermost to first support an inner seam of one leg and the outer of the other leg and to support the outer seam of said one leg and the inner seam of said other leg in pressing position without removal of said garment.

2. A machine for pressing open inner and outer leg seams of a pair of trousers or similar garment including, a support, an oscillatory head, means for mounting the oscillatory head on the support for movement about asubstantially horizontal axis of rotation, a pair of pressing bucks for sleeving thereover the respective leg portions of the trousers, each of said pressing bucks having pressing faces on opposite sides thereof adapted to back the respective outer and inner seams of said legs, means mounting the pressing bucks on said head in substantially spaced apart parallel relation with the pressing faces on common sides of the respective bucks located in spaced parallel planes on opposite sides of the axis of rotation of saidhead, means for effecting oscillation of said head to bring simultaneously the common faces of the pair of pressing bucks alternately uppermost to first support an inner seam of one leg and the outer cf the other leg and to support the outer seam of said one leg and the inner seam of said other leg in pressing position without removal of said garment, and interengaging stops on said head and support for stopping movement when the pressing buck faces are in said alternate positions.

3. A machine for pressing open inner and outer leg seams of a pairof trousers including, a support, an oscillatory head, means for mounting the oscillatory head for movement about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation, a pair of pressing bucks for sleeving thereover the respective leg portions of the trousers, each having pressing faces on opposite sides thereof adapted to back the respective outer and inner seams of said legs, means mounting the pressing bucks on said head in substantially spaced apart parallelrelation with the pressing faces on common sides of the respective bucks located in spaced parallel planes on opposite sides of the axis of rotation of said head to bring an inner seam of one leg and the outer seam of the other leg uppermost on said pressing bucks in one position of the head and other seams of said legs uppermost in another position of said head, a stop: on the support, substantially diametrically spaced stops on said head and adapted to engage opposite sides of the stop on the support, oppositely directed arms having fixed connection with the head, a foot treadle, a crank having connection with the foot treadle, a link connecting the crank with one of the arms to effect initial movement of the head from one stop engaging position, and'a spring connected with the other arm and with a part of said support to complete move ment of the head to said other stopping position.

NOR/MAN V. NULL. HUGH L. THOMPSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,540,877 Eilert June 9, 1925 1,710,932 La Measure Apr. 39, 1929 1,964,587 Long June 26, 1934-. 

